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This Man Got Engaged Two Years After His Wife Died Then One Day He Received An Unusual Phone Call

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Two years after his wife’s death, David Schmitz was just starting to piece his life back together. He had met another woman and they had recently made plans to tie the knot shortly after David got engaged. However, he received an unusual phone call that rocked his world.

Back in January 2011, Brenda Schmitz’s universe fell apart when she discovered that she was suffering from stage four ovarian cancer. Tragically, the disease was terminal, meaning that she didn’t have much time left to spend with her four children and husband, David. Indeed, while describing her diagnosis to Des Moines, Iowa radio station Star 102.5 in 2013, David said of the crushing news, “Brenda was dealt a big blow…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

However, rather than wasting the rest of her life being bitter, Brenda accepted her fate with grace. In fact, the doting mom’s biggest concern was how her family would cope once she was gone.

As a result, she wanted David to find happiness with someone else after her passing. She even actively encouraged him to go out looking for another woman. And while recounting a conversation he had with Brenda during her illness, David confirmed that his late wife had indeed wanted him to find someone to share his life with. He told CNN in 2013, “Brenda and I talked before she passed. She told me to meet someone that would love the boys and treat them like her own.”

David continued, “I asked her how I’d know when I met that person. Brenda said, ‘I would know because she’d be there.’” With everything that was happening in David’s life, though finding new love may have been the last thing on his mind, sadly, Brenda finally lost her battle with cancer in September 2011. After Brenda’s death, David turned his attention to supporting the four children. He’d had two sons, Josh and Justin, before he and his late wife had met. Brenda, meanwhile, had had a boy named Carter, also from a previous relationship, and together David and Brenda shared a young son named Max. The little boy was just two years old when his mother had passed. Brenda had died just 10 days after Max’s second birthday.

In fact, therefore, it was David’s duty to keep his wife’s memory alive for their son. Naturally, the first few months after Brenda’s passing were tough on the family. However, as time moved on, the grief got slightly easier to bear and David began to look to the future. Then, in October 2012, the widower met a new woman, Jane Abraham. And as it happens, mom of two Jane appeared to fit right into the Schmitz family. She even took on her new partner’s children as her own, just as Brenda had hoped. What’s more, there seemed to be another sign that Jane’s relationship with David was meant to be.

Specifically, that sign came when Jane inquired about a rainbow photograph in little Max’s bedroom. And the conversation that followed confirmed to David that Jane was indeed the one. Explaining the story behind the photo, David revealed to CNN, “Brenda and Max’s song was ‘Over the Rainbow.’ They sang it together all the time.” The dad continued, “The day Brenda passed, she passed away at 7:07 a.m.

We hadn’t had rain for five weeks. Straight out of the blue, a double rainbow as bright as can be stretched across the sky for miles.” And David added, “The local meteorologist said the rainbow was an anomaly since we hadn’t had any rain. I knew it was Brenda.” Then, the widower revealed, “After I told her the story, Jane looked through her phone and showed me a picture of the same double rainbow.” It was then that David realized that Jane was the woman for him. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

What’s more, the rainbow coincidence led him to believe that his new relationship had Brenda’s blessing. So, in September 2013, David proposed to Jane, and she said yes. Then, in December 2013, radio station Star 102.5 reached out to David, and the local broadcaster went on to tell the dad that someone had sent him and his family a Christmas wish. However, the identity of the mystery benefactor was initially kept a secret from David and his loved ones. When David got to the station, though, he discovered that the kind gesture had come from his late wife, Brenda.

A month before she had died, Brenda had written her requests down in a letter. She had then asked a friend to keep hold of the letter until David had gotten to know someone new. And when he had found new love, Brenda had wanted the note to be sent to Star 102.5’s Christmas wish program. And as it happens, Brenda had three wishes that she wanted the station to grant. First, she wanted a memorable trip for the whole family to enjoy. She also requested that a party be thrown for all the doctors and nurses that had cared for her.

And last but not least, she wanted a pamper for Jane. “Jane would need it,” Brenda said, “for being a stepmother to all those boys.” As David listened to his late wife’s words, tears rolled down his cheeks. After he had composed himself, though, he told the station that he wasn’t surprised to hear from Brenda from beyond the grave. “The last year and a half, she’s shown so many signs that she’s still here,” he revealed.

So, with the help of sponsors, the radio station granted all of Brenda’s wishes. They sent her family on an all-expenses-paid trip to Disney World. While there, Jane got to enjoy a massage. Meanwhile, back at the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, staff received three food drop-offs from a local catering company. And with that, David and his family got to experience Brenda’s love once more. Meanwhile, Jane got further confirmation that she was in the right place.

That’s because it was revealed that Brenda had also written a personal letter to David’s new fiancée, in which she explained how she had love for Jane. That missive, in turn, would bring the other woman to tears.

And as Jane told CNN, she was more than aware of Brenda’s presence. She even talked to her from time to time. “I know Brenda is definitely watching over us,” Jane explained to the station.

 

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Guy Fawkes’ punishment was one of the most severe in English history – here’s what happens when a body is hung, drawn and quartered

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Fawkes and his co-conspirators were sentenced to hanging, drawing and quartering. Crispijn van de Passe the Elder/ Wikimedia Commons

After their infamous plot to destroy parliament was foiled, Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators received one of the most severe judicial sentences in English history: hanging, drawing and quartering. According to the Treason Act 1351 , this punishment involved…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

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  • Michelle SpearProfessor of Anatomy, University of Bristol

That you be drawn on a hurdle to the place of execution, where you shall be hanged by the neck and being alive cut down, your privy members shall be cut off and your bowels taken out and burned before you, your head severed from your body and your body divided into four quarters to be disposed of at the King’s pleasure.

This process aimed not only to inflict excruciating pain on the condemned, but to serve as a deterrent – demonstrating the fate of those who betrayed the Crown. While Fawkes reportedly jumped from the gallows – which meant he avoided the full extent of his punishment – his co-conspirators apparently weren’t so lucky.

By dissecting each stage of this medieval punishment from an anatomical perspective, we can understand the profound agony each of them endured.

Torture for confession

Before his public execution on January 31 1606, Fawkes was tortured to force a confession about his involvement in the “gunpowder plot”.

The Tower of London records confirm that King James I personally authorised “the gentler tortures first”. Accounts reveal that Fawkes was stretched on the rack – a device designed to slowly pull the limbs in opposite directions. This stretching inflicted severe trauma on the shoulders, elbows and hips, as well as the spine.

The forces exerted by the rack probably exceeded those required for joint or hip dislocation under normal conditions.

Substantive differences between Fawkes’ signatures on confessions between November 8 and shortly before his execution may indicate the amount of nerve and soft tissue damage sustained. It also illustrates how remarkable his final leap from the gallows was.

An engraving depicting a person being tortured on the rack.
The rack slowly pulled a prisoner’s limbs in opposite directions. Wellcome Collection/ Wikimedia Commons , CC BY-SA

Stage 1: hanging (partial strangulation)

After surviving the torture of the rack, Fawkes and his gang faced the next stage of their punishment: hanging. But this form of hanging only partially strangled the condemned – preserving their consciousness and prolonging their suffering.

Partial strangulation exerts extreme pressure on several critical neck structures. The hyoid bone , a small u-shaped structure above the larynx, is prone to bruising or fracture under compression .

Simultaneously, pressure on the carotid arteries restricts blood flow to the brain, while compression of the jugular veins causes pooling of blood in the head – probably resulting in visible haemorrhages in the eyes and face.

Because the larynx and trachea (both essential for airflow) are partially obstructed, this makes breathing laboured. Strain on the cervical spine and surrounding muscles in the neck can lead to tearing, muscle spasms or dislocation of the vertebra – causing severe pain. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

Fawkes brought his agony to a premature end by leaping from the gallows. Accounts from the time tell us:

His body being weak with the torture and sickness, he was scarce able to go up the ladder – yet with much ado, by the help of the hangman, went high enough to break his neck by the fall.

This probably caused him to suffer a bilateral fracture of his second cervical vertebra, assisted by his own bodyweight – an injury known as the “hangman’s fracture” .

Stage 2: Drawing (disembowelment)

After enduring partial hanging, the victim would then be “drawn” – a process which involved disembowelling them while still alive. This act mainly targeted the organs of the abdominal cavity – including the intestines, liver and kidney, as well as major blood vessels such as the abdominal aorta.

The physiological response to disembowelment would have been immediate and severe. The abdominal cavity possesses a high concentration of pain receptors – particularly around the membranous lining of the abdomen . When punctured, these pain receptors would have sent intense pain signals to the brain, overwhelming the body’s capacity for pain management . Shock would soon follow due to the rapid drop in blood pressure caused by massive amounts of blood loss.

Stage 3: quartering (dismemberment)

Quartering was also supposed to be performed while the victim was still alive. Though no accounts exist detailing at what phase victims typically lost consciousness during execution, it’s highly unlikely many survived the shock of being drawn.

So, at this stage, publicity superseded punishment given the victim’s likely earlier demise. Limbs that were removed from criminals were preserved by boiling them with spices. These were then toured around the country to act as a deterrent for others.

Though accounts suggest Fawkes’s body parts were sent to “the four corners of the United Kingdom”, there is no specific record of what was sent where. However, his head was displayed in London .

Traitor’s punishment

The punishment of hanging, drawing and quartering was designed to be as anatomically devastating as it was psychologically terrifying. Each stage of the process exploited the vulnerabilities of the human body to create maximum pain and suffering, while also serving as a grim reminder of the consequences of treason.

This punishment also gives us an insight into how medieval justice systems used the body as a canvas for social and political messaging. Fawkes’s fate, though unimaginable today, exemplifies the extremes to which the state could, and would, go to maintain control, power and authority over its subjects.

The sentence of hanging, drawing and quartering was officially removed from English law as part of the Forfeiture Act of 1870 .

 

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OPINION: 4 Children Who Were Sentenced to life imprisonment At A Young Age And what They Did

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There are many unusual things happening across the world. Children are charming and lovely, yet others are really dangerous and have been involved in a variety of illegal activities in society.

In this post, we’ll look at four children who were condemned to life in jail Please keep in mind that some of these children are now adults…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

1. Joshua Phillips:

Joshua Phillips stabbed his neighbor’s eight-year-old daughter and put the girl’s body under his bed at home. After eight days, his mother discovered the body.

Joshua Phillips was fourteen years old when he committed this act, according to reports, and he was sentenced to life in jail.

Take a look at how Joshua Phillips is now.

2. Eric Smith:

Eric Smith, according to sources, was condemned to life in jail many years ago. Eric Smith was just 13 years old when he hit a 4-year-old boy with a rock and killed him.

Following multiple conversations with Eric, he stated that he was bullied by several senior kids at his school and that he killed the youngster because he was irritated and upset. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

3. Lionel Tate:

Lionel Tate was one of the youngest people to get a life sentence.

According to sources, when he was 13 years old, Lionel Tate killed his neighbor’s six-year-old daughter.

Lionel Tate claimed he was boxing with the young girl.

4. Brian Lee Draper:

Brian Lee Draper was sentenced to life in prison in 2006 for murdering a classmate, according to reports.

The murder was committed by Brian Lee Draper and his friend Torey Adamcik, who was sixteen years old at the time.

Parents should always endeavor to teach their children how to be good children, as well as pray for them.

 

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Lady Caught Feeding Neighbor’s Baby With Faeces & Urine Speaks From Prison, Gives This Ugly Reason

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A woman named Stella Namwanje was arrested in Uganda for allegedly committing an atrocious act against her neighbor’s baby. Reports indicate that she was caught on video defecating and urinating on the infant before feeding him the waste. This shocking behavior has drawn widespread condemnation and raised serious concerns about the child’s welfare…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

The incident took place in the Binyonyi A area of the Nyendo-Mukungwe division. Local authorities acted swiftly after the disturbing footage circulated on social media, prompting community outrage. The police have since taken Namwanje into custody to investigate the circumstances surrounding her actions and ensure the safety of the child.

The case has sparked discussions about the need for stronger measures to protect vulnerable individuals, especially children, from abuse. It highlights the alarming reality of child torture and the psychological issues that may drive such behavior. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

As the investigation unfolds, the community is rallying to support the affected family and prevent similar incidents in the future. The legal proceedings against Namwanje will likely focus on the extent of her actions and the necessary repercussions for such a heinous crime.

 

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